561 The Reckless Challenger 1 (1/2)
Exactly 5 minutes…
The time Ian took to clear the first floor to the fifth floor of the Spirit Dojo was no more than five minutes.
It was a known thing for such a situation to happen.
It was a matter of course.
In the Spirit Dojo, each level of the opponent that appeared was according to the challenger's level.
The monsters' level of transcendence, which Ian was hunting, was around 13 to 14 so clearing the 5th floor wasn't an easy task.
Tring-!
[You have won against the trainees!]
[You have successfully cleared the 6th floor of the spirit dojo.]
[You have acquired the item 'Medium Wind essence'.]
[You have earned 5 points.]
… Syncopation…
[You have successfully cleared the 7th floor of the Spirit Dojo.]
[You have successfully cleared the 8th floor of the Spirit dojo.]
Clearing 8 floors one after the other, Ian could feel the greed rise inside himself the more he kept looking at the dojo.
'The reward is surely great. Maybe I should have come here before going to the Contaminated Mine?'
Ian smiled while thinking about it.
While Ian was busy doing the Spirit Mountain quest, someone had already pre-empted the content there.
Maybe around the first clear, he was thinking that it would have been very rewarding if he came here first.
'Uh, I don't know who was that user who came in here first, but I just hope that they haven't cleared the 15th floor yet.'
Ian's goal and the quest achievement was to defeat the dojo master on the 15th floor.
As much as he wanted to get the 'Gearbox' on the 15th floor, he wanted to get double the reward.
”Huhu.”
A greedy laugh came out of Ian's mouth.
The thought of clearing the quest and then opening two of the transcendence gearbox made Ian feel so good.
Ian quickly stepped into the gate that would take him to the next floor.
System messages appeared.
Tring-!
[Do you want to challenge the 9th floor of the Spirit Dojo?]
'From the 9th floor, the trainees will be at the same level as me. I need to be a bit more careful.'
Ian nodded to himself.
Ian's form quickly got sucked into the gate.
***
Wheeeing-!
The gate opened with a low resonance, and the quiet hall was disturbed.
”Huk, huk!”
”Wah, that was close.”
”Yah, Chesk, we would have almost slipped out of the 13th floor because of your mistakes!”
Ralph's hard voice could be heard all over the place.
One would already know what happened on the 13th floor just by hearing their voices.
”I should have been out if hyung didn't hit that paralysis arrow!”
”I'm sorry. I have been playing for so long that my arms are getting numb.”
Ralph and the others just cleared the 13the floor. They were gathered in the waiting room, wiping off the sweat from their foreheads.
If they slipped out of the 13th floor instead of reaching the 14th floor, then he would have lost all of his enthusiasm.
Tring-!
[You have successfully cleared the 13th floor of the Spirit Dojo.]
[Hero score of 13 points has been achieved.]
[Vitality has been restored.]
[You have entered the waiting room.]
Looking at the messages, Ralph just shook his head.
He had seen the same messages a dozen times already.
'Yeah, well, we need to clear the next floor unconditionally this time. We'll have to break through the 14th floor and then find out what is on the 15th floor… I'll clear it at all cost.'
Ralph was adamant and quickly checked his condition.
After entering the waiting room, all of their vitality and skills were reset, but it had become a habit for rankers to just verify and maintain everything.
Ralph looked at it and moved ahead with a firm look.
His whole body had already reached its limit because of being in the tower for three days, but he was still trying to keep himself standing with his mental power.
Tuck- Tuck-!
Ralph, who reached the gate with heavy steps, looked back at his two other party members.
He opened his mouth with a very low voice.
”Well, the spirit of Inisco had just evolved, so let's clear it this time.”
”Kay, Ralph.”
”Nice, Hyung.”
Ralph's gaze went toward Chesk and spoke once more.
”Chesk, if you make such mistakes again, I won't tolerate it.”
”Okay, I will get myself together.”
The three men with firm faces alternately stared at each other.
After a while, they were ready to step into the gate.
Swoong-!
The gate began to emanate blue light and started to suck in the three people.
The waiting room once again turned silent after the three left.
Was it around 30 minutes since the party of Ralph had disappeared?
Woong-!
At the gate where they appeared, a new resonating sound came out.
Someone other than Ralph's party had cleared the 13th floor.
Subsequently, the shadow that appeared at the gate mumbled to itself, ”Phew, it wasn't so easy. I cleared it all somehow until I get here.”
Tat- tat-!
The shadow began to walk in a relaxed manner toward the gate.